Map of Pinnacles

(Eastern Section only shown)




    The Pinnacles National Monument is about 150 miles south of the San Francisco Bay Area — 35 miles south of Hollister. It is the weathered remains of a vast extinct volcano — actually shifted by fault movement some 175 miles northwest of its original location!    
  My afternoon's trek is shown in red  
  The official National Park Service website for the monument is at http://www.nps.gov/pinn/